“From Revolution to Republic in Prints and Drawings” (Exhibit/NYC)
“From Revolution to Republic in Prints and Drawings,” an excellent and voluminous two-part exhibition at the New York Public Library, explores how journalistic images help shape a nation’s history in the way they portray military battles and political leaders.
The first part, “Dawn of the American Revolution, 1768-1776,” focuses on the British Army’s presence in the colonies and the way it provoked the American rebellion.
Henry Pelham’s famous engraving, “The Fruits of Arbitrary Power, or the Bloody Massacre,” for example, shows a squad of British redcoats gunning down innocent bystanders in what became known as the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770 — years before the Boston Tea Party of December 1773. A court case later revealed that the civilians were an angry mob that taunted the soldiers until they responded with rounds of fire.
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The first part, “Dawn of the American Revolution, 1768-1776,” focuses on the British Army’s presence in the colonies and the way it provoked the American rebellion.
Henry Pelham’s famous engraving, “The Fruits of Arbitrary Power, or the Bloody Massacre,” for example, shows a squad of British redcoats gunning down innocent bystanders in what became known as the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770 — years before the Boston Tea Party of December 1773. A court case later revealed that the civilians were an angry mob that taunted the soldiers until they responded with rounds of fire.